Problems in the Political Asylum

By William L. Garvin

Another week gone by and we have yet another litany of reasons to prove the inmates are still in charge of the political asylum. First of all, we have our economist extraordinaire Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying that the best way to “stimulate the economy” and get the “most bang for our buck” is Food Stamps! By this ridiculous hypothesis, if we give EVERYONE food stamps, the American economic engine would roar back to life.

Of course the Administration’s present disastrous economic policies are moving us rapidly in that direction anyway. On January, 2007, when Democrats took control of the House and the Senate, unemployment was at 4.6% and there were 26.5 million people on food stamps. Now, according to Gallup, unemployment is at 10.1% and there are 40 million people receiving food stamps, more than at any time in our nation’s history.

Along these same lines, cruise ships don’t accept food stamps but they certainly accept California’s welfare aid debit cards. More than $69 million has been spent out of the Golden (Welfare) State in places like Hawaii, Las Vegas, Miami, Disney World, cruise ships and various resort destinations from funds designed to help the needy pay the rent and clothe their children. A state audit shows that none of California’s 58 counties adequately follows up on information that would indicate fraud.

At least those people appear to be alive. In another glaring example of bureaucratic inefficiency, the Obama Administration mailed $18 million in stimulus checks to dead people! No, they weren’t all in Cook County, the President’s Chicago home, although they are probably still voting there. To compound their ineptitude, they also sent another $4 million to prison inmates who were similarly ineligible. Your tax dollars at work!

Then there’s the recent Field Poll that showed nearly 7 in 10 Californians are dissatisfied with Congress’ overall job performance. In a deliberate suspension of critical thinking, these same voters seem intent on returning Senator Barbara Boxer to office. Even the ultra-liberal San Francisco Chronicle refused to endorse her noting her 18-year tenure in the Senate was totally unremarkable. “There is no reason to believe that another six-year term would bring anything but more of the same uninspired representation” said the Chron.

Her previous 10-year stint in the House was also similarly unremarkable except for her personal financial incompetence that earned her the sobriquet of “Barbara Bouncer”. Boxer was involved in the House banking scandal in which a number of Representatives bounced checks written on their accounts in the House Bank. Boxer wrote 143 overdraft checks over a period of three years that totaled $41,417. When you have no concerns about your own deficit spending, why should you be concerned about the Nation’s deficit spending? She’s never met a spending bill she didn’t like…unless it’s a military appropriation, funding a border fence, or sending additional troops to secure the border.

Next, we have Senator John Kerry saying voters are “uninformed on the issues” aka “stupid”; the President saying they should “buck up” and “don’t make me look bad”; and the Vice-President saying they should “stop whining.” Are they speaking to the Loyal Opposition? No, they were talking to their own Democrat base. Obviously the Administration has run out of targets to demonize and now must turn on their own. VP Biden went even further saying “You’re the dullest audience I’ve ever spoken to.” Way to inspire the troops, Joe!

Also we’ve got David “Blame Bush” Axelrod contending the Chamber of Commerce is a front for foreign corporations with absolutely no proof. He should have been laughed out of the room. The National Organization of Women ignores the continual slurs and vilification of successful conservative women but has no problem endorsing Jerry Brown the day after one of his close advisors (wife?) calls Meg Whitman a whore. The perpetually self aggrandizing Gloria Allred thinks this egregious affront calls for an “apology” all the while attempting to politically execute the aforementioned Ms. Whitman for firing an illegal alien. Allred’s “client” broke the law to get into this country, lied to get a social security card, lied to get a driver’s license, lied on her employment application, lied to Ms. Whitman but now is telling the truth? No doubt about it, the inmates are still in charge of the asylum.